A new species of the salamandrid genus Tylototriton is described from Ha Giang and Cao Bang provinces, northern Vietnam, based on molecular and morphological data. The new species differs morphologically from all known congeners in the combination of blackish body coloration; medium-sized body; distinctly rough skin; tubercular vertebral ridge; knob-like rib nodules; large eye; and low, narrow tail. The distribution pattern of species of Tylototriton in Vietnam is briefly discussed.
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1 February 2013
A New Species of Tylototriton from Northern Vietnam (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae)
Kanto Nishikawa,
Masafumi Matsui,
Tao Thien Nguyen
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Current Herpetology
Vol. 32 • No. 1
February 2013
Vol. 32 • No. 1
February 2013
Molecular phytogeny
morphology
new species
Tylototriton
Vietnam